Michael D. HawkPartner

Michael Hawk has been practicing law since 2000. Mr. Hawk is a lifelong resident of Fort Wayne and is a graduate of Concordia Lutheran High School. He attended Indiana University (Bloomington) and Valparaiso University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana as well as the federal courts of the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana and the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Mr. Hawk is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association (serving as the district representative to the Young Lawyers Section for several years), the Allen County Bar Association. He currently serves as an officer of the Board of Directors of the Lutheran Life Villages Foundation and as an officer of the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana.

Mr. Hawk is a general practitioner primarily involved in civil litigation with an emphasis in the areas of commercial litigation, business law, estate planning and litigation, municipal law, real estate transactions, creditors' rights and both personal injury and insurance defense litigation. He represents individuals, small to medium-sized business entities, personal representatives and guardians, insurance companies, foundations and governmental offices and agencies. He has significant experience in all aspects of litigation including mediation, arbitration, and trial. Mr. Hawk has also has significant experience in appellate matters having initiated and defended numerous civil appeals in state and federal court and having argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Board of Directors, Lutheran Social and Family Services Foundation, 2007 - 2010

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Elder, 2008 - 2017

Board of Directors, Lutheran Life Villages Foundation, 2009 - 2016

Board of Directors, Indiana District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, 2015- Present

Fraternities / Sororities

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Indiana University

At the law office of Hawk, Haynie, Kammeyer & Smith, LLP, in Fort Wayne, we represent businesses throughout Indiana, including Huntington, Auburn, Columbia City, Decatur, Angola, Bluffton, Albion, Warsaw and South Bend; and in Allen County, Huntington County, Whitley County, Adams County, Wells County, DeKalb County, Kosciusko County and LaGrange County.